2 Kings 2:16

Contextual Overview

¹³picked up the mantle that had fallen off Elijah, and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. ¹³ He took up also the mantle of Eliyah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Yarden. ¹³ He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; ¹³ And he took up the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. ¹³ He picked up Elijah's coat that had fallen from him. Then he returned and stood on the bank of the Jordan. ¹³ He picked up Elijah's cloak, which had fallen off him, and went back and stood on the shore of the Jordan. ¹³He picked up the mantle of Elijah that fell off him, and went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan. ¹³ He also took up the coat of Elijah that had fallen from him, and he went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan. ¹³ He tooke vp also the cloke of Eliiah that fell from him, and returned, and stoode by the banke of Iorden. ¹³He also took up the mantle of Elijah that fell from him and returned and stood by the bank of the Jordan.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

strong men: Heb. sons of strength

the Spirit: 1 Kings 18:12, Ezekiel 3:14, Ezekiel 8:3, Ezekiel 11:24, Ezekiel 40:2, Acts 8:39, 2 Corinthians 12:2, 2 Corinthians 12:3

some mountain: Heb. one of the mountains

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 3:12 - spirit Ezekiel 11:1 - the spirit Ezekiel 37:1 - carried Ezekiel 43:5 - the spirit Matthew 4:1 - of the spirit John 8:21 - I go 1 Thessalonians 4:17 - caught Hebrews 11:5 - and was Revelation 17:3 - he carried Revelation 21:10 - he carried

Cross-References

Genesis 2:1
The heavens and the eretz were finished, and all the host of them.

Genesis 2:1
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

Genesis 2:1
And heaven and earth and all their array were finished.

Genesis 2:1
So the sky, the earth, and all that filled them were finished.

Genesis 2:1
The heavens and the earth were completed with everything that was in them.

Genesis 2:1
So the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts (inhabitants).

Genesis 2:1
And so the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their heavenly lights.

Genesis 2:1
Thus the heauens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

Genesis 2:1
Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts.

Genesis 2:1
So the heavens and the earth and everything else were created.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they said unto him, behold, now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men,.... Perhaps meaning themselves, 2 Kings 2:7 who were young, stout, and strong, and able to travel for days together:

let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master; for though they knew he was to be taken away, yet knew not for what time, and imagined he might be found again:

lest peradventure the Spirit of the Lord hath taken him up; as it seems he was wont to do, see 1 Kings 18:12

and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley; where he sometimes had his abode; or they might fancy, if he was taken up to heaven, yet in his soul only, and that, when that was separated, his dead body would be left on a mountain, or in a valley; and therefore they were desirous of seeking and finding it, that it might not be exposed to birds and beasts of prey, but that they might bury it in a decent and honourable manner:

and he said, ye shall not send; he knew it was to no purpose, since he was translated to heaven, body and soul, and which he was an eyewitness of.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare the marginal references. The words “cast him upon some mountain,” rather imply that they expected to find the prophet alive.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 2:16. Fifty strong men — Probably the same fifty who are mentioned 2 Kings 2:7, and who saw Elijah taken up in the whirlwind.

Cast him upon some mountain — Though they saw him taken up towards heaven, yet they thought it possible that the Spirit of the Lord might have descended with him, and left him on some remote mountain or valley.

Ye shall not send. — He knew that he was translated to heaven, and that therefore it would be useless.